Method for serving broadcasting type short message in radio data communication system

• US 20020187795A1
• Filed: 06/04/2002
• Published: 12/12/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Jeong, Young-Jo
• Granted Patent: US 7,024,212 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel

Abstract

A method for providing a broadcasting-type short message in a radio communication system includes receiving a broadcasting-type short message, checking whether a password of a terminal manufacturing company exists in the received short message, and restoring the short message in the terminal if the password of the terminal manufacturing company exists. Preferably, the password is included in a first byte of the short message regardless of the length of the short message. If the password is included in the message, the terminal includes a display for displaying all or a portion of the information in the message. Through the use of this password, only terminals of the manufacturing company which sent the short message will be able to gain access the message. Terminals made by other manufacturing companies will be restricted from this access.

Claims

1. A method for providing a broadcasting-type short message in a radio data communication system, comprising:

storing a password of a terminal manufacturing company in a broadcasting-type short message provided by the terminal manufacturing company;

transmitting the broadcasting-type short message to a mobile terminal; and

restoring the broadcasting-type short message in the mobile terminal based on the password of the terminal manufacturing company stored in the terminal.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the storing step includes:

checking a length of the broadcasting-type short message; and

storing the password of the terminal manufacturing company in a first byte of the broadcasting-type short message when the length-checking step is completed.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the password of the manufacturing company is included in a first byte of the broadcasting-type short message.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying step includes:

receiving the broadcasting-type short message;

checking whether the password of the terminal manufacturing company exists in the first byte of the received broadcasting-type short message; and

restoring the broadcasting-type short message if the password of the terminal manufacturing company exists.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the mobile terminal is given the password of the terminal manufacturing company.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the broadcasting-type short message contains a specific password of the terminal manufacturing company, and wherein the broadcasting-type short message is displayed only in terminals in which the password of the terminal manufacturing company is stored.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying, on the mobile terminal, information contained in the broadcasting-type short message restored in said restoring step.

7. A method for serving a broadcasting-type short message in a radio data communication system, comprising:

receiving a broadcasting-type short message;

checking, in a mobile terminal, whether a password of a terminal manufacturing company exists in the received broadcasting-type short message; and

restoring the broadcasting-type short message if the password of the terminal manufacturing company exists.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the password of the manufacturing company is included in a first byte of the broadcasting-type short message.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the mobile terminal stores the password of the terminal manufacturing company.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the password of the manufacturing company included in a first byte of the broadcasting-type short message, regardless of a length of the broadcasting-type short message.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the broadcasting-type short message is displayed only in terminals in which the password of the terminal manufacturing company is stored.

13. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

displaying information contained in the broadcasting-type short message when the specific password exists.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein said identification information includes a password of a manufacturer of the mobile terminal.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

displaying information in the broadcast-type short message if the broadcast-type short message contains said identification information.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

denying access to the broadcast-type short message if the broadcast-type short message does not contain said identification information.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the including step comprises:

storing said identification information in a predetermined byte of the broadcast-type short message.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein said identification information is stored in only said predetermined byte.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein said predetermined byte is a first byte of said broadcast-type short message.

22. The method of claim 19, wherein said identification information is included in said predetermined byte regardless of a length of the broadcast-type short message.

24. The mobile terminal of claim 23, wherein said identification information includes a password of a manufacturer of the mobile terminal.

25. The mobile terminal of claim 23, further comprising:

displaying information in the broadcast-type short message if the broadcast-type short message contains said identification information.

27. The signal processing device of claim 26, wherein said processor stores said identification information in a predetermined byte of the broadcast-type short message.

28. The signal processing device of claim 27, wherein said predetermined byte is a first byte of said broadcast-type short message.

29. The signal processing device of claim 26, wherein said processor stores said identification information in said predetermined byte regardless of a length of the broadcast-type short message.

14. A method for processing short messages, comprising:

receiving a broadcast-type short message in the mobile terminal;

determining whether the broadcast-type short message contains identification information; and

accessing the broadcast-type short message if the broadcast-type short message contains said identification information.

18. A method for generating short messages, comprising:

including identification information in a broadcast-type short message, said identification information identifying a manufacturer of a mobile terminal;

transmitting the short message to the mobile terminal.

23. A mobile terminal for processing short messages, comprising:

means for receiving a broadcast-type short message; and

a processor which determines whether the broadcast-type short message contains identification information, and which accesses the broadcast-type short message if the broadcast-type short message contains said identification information.

26. A signal processing device for generating short messages, comprising:

a processor which stores identification information in a broadcast-type short message, said identification information identifying a manufacturer of a mobile terminal.

30. A transmission signal in a mobile communications system, comprising:

broadcast-type short message information; and

identification information included with said broadcast-type short message information, said identification information identifying a manufacturer of a mobile terminal.